NJTroutBum ... no offense intended, but I am NOT standing in the same waders with you.
Kerry ... going after world records makes one a jackass? I certainly hope to be a bluegill jackass one day, then. Or a Large Mouth Bass jackass. Anything on a fly rod that's bigger will do. I don't have the money to fly to remote areas to fish, but a big one for my State will do just fine. And I agree with Buddy and NJ ... if I'd have caught it, it probably would've been dinner. It was a line class record, not a world record. It is very possible that the fish in that remote lake get so little pressure and so few are caught that a little catching and eating isn't a bad thing.